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+name: run github-traffic-stats 
+
+on:
+    workflow_dispatch: # Allow for running this manually.
+    schedule: 
+      # runs daily at midnight (UTC)
+      - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+    # This workflow contains a single job called "traffic"
+    traffic:
+      # The type of runner that the job will run on
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  
+      # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+      steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - name: checkout repo content
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          ref: "traffic"
+
+      - name: setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+            python-version: '3.10' # install the python version needed
+    
+      - name: install python packages
+        run: |
+            python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+            pip install github_traffic_stats
+            pip install certifi==2017.7.27.1
+            pip install chardet==3.0.4
+            pip install idna==2.6
+            pip install pkginfo==1.4.2
+            pip install psycopg2-binary==2.7.4
+            pip install requests==2.21.0
+            pip install requests-toolbelt==0.8.0
+            pip install tqdm==4.19.2
+            pip install twine==1.11.0
+            pip install urllib3>=1.24.2
+            
+      - name: execute py script # run main.py
+        env:
+            TRAFFIC_ACTION_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TRAFFIC_ACTION_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+            mkdir $(date +%Y-%m-%d)-traffic-stats
+            cd $(date +%Y-%m-%d)-traffic-stats
+            gts Ay1man2:${{ secrets.TRAFFIC_ACTION_TOKEN }} CRAIG save_csv -o IBM
+
+      - name: commit files
+        run: |
+            git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+            git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+            git add -A
+            git diff-index --quiet HEAD || (git commit -a -m "daily traffic data uploaded" --allow-empty)
+
+      - name: push changes
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@v0.6.0
+        with:
+            github_token: ${{ secrets.TRAFFIC_ACTION_TOKEN }}
+            branch: traffic 
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